Giants vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 17, 2024

The San Francisco Giants (62-62) are favorites (-134) on the moneyline when they square off against the Oakland Athletics (52-70) Saturday at 7:07 p.m. ET, live on NBCS-CA. San Francisco’s Hayden Birdsong and Oakland’s Osvaldo Bido have been named the starters for this contest.

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Giants vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Giants (-134)
• Underdog: Athletics (+114)
• Over/under: 8.5

Giants vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Giants have won in 38, or 57.6%, of the 66 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• San Francisco has a record of 22-14 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -134 or more on the moneyline.
• The Giants have an implied victory probability of 57.3% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
• The Athletics have compiled a 40-66 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 37.7% of those games).
• Oakland has a record of 28-59 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +114 or longer (32.2%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Athletics’ implied win probability is 46.7%.

Giants vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Matt Chapman leads San Francisco in batting average (.246), home runs (19) and runs batted in (61) this season.
• Chapman is 39th in home runs and 44th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Heliot Ramos has collected 94 hits this season and has an OBP of .340. He’s slugging .489 on the year.
• JJ Bleday is hitting .249 with 33 doubles, four triples, 15 home runs and 51 walks.
• Bleday ranks 87th in home runs and 119th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Shea Langeliers is batting .230 with 15 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs and 30 walks.

Giants vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Giants strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
• The Giants have the 21st-ranked ERA (4.25) in the majors this season.
• The Giants rank 20th in MLB with a combined 1.303 WHIP this season.
• The Athletics pitching staff ranks 28th in the majors with a collective 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Oakland’s 4.35 team ERA ranks 23rd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the fifth-worst WHIP in MLB (1.331).